Jūzō Itami1933 - 1997

usually

Director

Popularity

1

Famous

Biography

Jūzō Itami (1933–1997) was a Japanese actor and, later, a popular modern screenwriter and film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His ten feature-length movies and one short film, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture. He died under suspicious circumstances in December 1997 and may have been murdered by the yakuza.

Credits

Woman in Witness Protection
Woman in Witness Protection

1997

Comedy • Drama • Thriller

Director, Screenplay

6.4
0.9
Supermarket Woman
Supermarket Woman

1996

Comedy • Drama

Director, Screenplay

6.5
0.9
A Quiet Life
A Quiet Life

1995

Drama

Writer, Director

7.4
0.7
The Last Dance
The Last Dance

1993

Comedy • Drama

Writer, Director

6.6
1.7
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992

Comedy • Crime

Writer, Director

6.7
1.1
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990

Comedy • Drama

Writer, Director, Producer

6.4
1
Sweet Home
Sweet Home

1989

Horror

Executive Producer

6.4
0.8
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

Comedy • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Director, Screenplay

6.4
0.6
A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman

1987

Comedy • Crime

Director, Writer

6.8
1
Tampopo
Tampopo

1985

Comedy

Director, Producer, Screenplay

7.9
2.5
The Funeral
The Funeral

1984

Comedy • Drama

Director, Screenplay

7.2
1.1
Rubber Band Pistol
Rubber Band Pistol

1962

Comedy • Drama

Director, Screenplay

4.8
0.4

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